2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 1,103 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 34 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in adult and continuing education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult and continuing education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the adult and continuing education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree adult and continuing ed students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308.

Full University of Southern Maine Adult & Continuing Education Report

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Connecticut is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 1 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at UCONN

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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